List of Cisco products explained

Cisco Systems' products and services focus upon three market segments—enterprise and service provider, small business and the home.

Corporate market

"Corporate market" refers to enterprise networking and service providers.

Enterprise networks: Products in this category are Cisco's range of routers, switches, wireless systems, security systems, WAN acceleration hardware, energy and building management systems and media aware network equipment.[1] [2]
  • Collaboration: IP video and phones, TelePresence, HealthPresence, unified communications, call center systems, enterprise social networks and Mobile applications[3]
  • Datacenter and Virtualization: unified computing, unified fabric, data centre switching, storage networking and cloud computing services.[4]
  • IP NGN (Next Generation Networks): High-end routing and switching for fixed and mobile service provider networks, broadcast video contribution/distribution, entitlement and content delivery systems.[5] Security

    • Stealthwatch, Identity Services Engine (ISE), Tetration, Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), Next Generation Firewall (NGFW), Firewall Management Center (FMC), SecureX, Umbrella, CloudLock, Duo, Secure Email, Cisco Cloud Mailbox Defense, Secure Web Appliance, Cloud Secure Email, Secure Email and Web Manager, AnyConnect, Virtual Private Network, Intrusion Detection Prevention System (IDPS), TALOS.

    Note: Cisco is the biggest security company in the world.

    Small businesses

    Small businesses include home businesses and (usually technology-based) startups.[6]

    Routers and switches: The machines that route and redirect packets across a network, including those for networks of smart meters.[7]
  • Security and surveillance: IP cameras, data and network security etc.[8]
  • Voice and conferencing: VOIP phones and gateway-systems, WebEx, video conferencing
  • Wireless: Indoor Wi-Fi Access points, Wireless Controller
  • Network storage systems: Persistent people storage on networks, either in the traditional sense or in a cloud-like manner.

    • Home user

    "Home user" refers to individuals or families who require networking services in the home.[9] (Link to cited archived page broken, incorrect, or otherwise nonfunctional)

    Broadband: Broadband refers to cable modems.
  • Flip Video: With the acquisition of Pure Digital Technologies, Cisco began to sell a line of video-recording devices called "Flip Video" that had been Pure Digital's only line of products. This line of products was not as popular as Cisco had thought it would have been, and on April 12, 2011, Cisco announced they were discontinuing all Flip camera production.[10] [11] Cisco's ūmi product line, video conferencing for the home, also proved to be a short-lived bid for the consumer multimedia market and sales were discontinued.[12]

    • Hardware

    Data

    Telephony products

    Servers / application appliances

    Experimental

    Other products

    Software

    Operating systems

    VPN/remote connectivity

    Telephony/VoIP

    Other

    VoIP services

    Cisco became a major provider of Voice over IP to enterprises, and is now moving into the home user market through its acquisitions of Scientific Atlanta and Linksys. Scientific Atlanta provides VoIP equipment to cable service providers such as Time Warner, Cablevision, Rogers Communications, UPC and others; Linksys has partnered with companies such as Skype, Microsoft and Yahoo! to integrate consumer VoIP services with wireless and cordless phones.

    Hosted collaboration solution (HCS)

    Cisco partners can offer cloud-based services based on Cisco's virtualized Unified Computing System (UCS). A part of the Cisco Unified Services Delivery Solution that includes hosted versions of Cisco Unified Communications Manager (UCM), Cisco Unified Contact Center, Cisco Unified Mobility, Cisco Unified Presence, Cisco Unity Connection (unified messaging) and Cisco Webex Meeting Center.[22]

    Network emergency response

    As part of its Corporate Social Responsibility mission,[23] Cisco Tactical Operations (TACOPS) employees and Disaster Incident Response Team (DIRT) volunteers maintain two Network Emergency Response Vehicles (NERV)s.[24] The vehicles are deployed by the TACOPS/DIRT teams during natural disasters and other public crises. The vehicles are self-contained and provide wired and wireless services including voice and radio interoperability, voice over IP, network-based video surveillance and secured high-definition video-conferencing for leaders and first responders in crisis areas with up to 3 Mbit/s of bandwidth (up and down) via a 1.8-meter satellite antenna.[25]

    NERVs are based at Cisco headquarters sites in San Jose, California and at Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, allowing strategic deployment in North America. They can become fully operational within 15 minutes of arrival. High-capacity diesel fuel-tanks allow the largest vehicles to run for up to 72 hours continuously.[26] The NERV has been deployed to incidents such as the October 2007 California wildfires; hurricanes Gustav, Ike and Katrina; the 2010 San Bruno gas pipeline explosion, tornado outbreaks in North Carolina and Alabama in 2011; and Hurricane Sandy in 2012.[27] [28] Cisco never charges for TACOPS/DIRT team deployments.[29]

    The Tactical Operations team maintains and deploys smaller, more portable communication kits to emergencies outside of North America. In 2010, the team deployed to assist in earthquake recovery in Haiti and in Christchurch (New Zealand). In 2011, they deployed to flooding in Brazil, as well as in response to the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan.[24] [30]

    In 2011, Cisco received the Innovation Preparedness award from the American Red Cross Silicon Valley Chapter for its development and use of these vehicles in disasters.[31]

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: Enterprise Networks. December 10, 2015. Cisco. August 3, 2016.
    2. Cisco website Borderless network products. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
    3. Cisco website Collaboration products and services. Retrieved February 27, 2011.
    4. Cisco website on Datacenter products. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
    5. Cisco website on IP Next-Generation Networks. Retrieved April 6, 2011.
    6. Web site: Small Business Solutions - Connect, Protect & Collaborate. Cisco. November 7, 2017.
    7. Rick Merritt, EE Times. "Cisco rolls more routers for smart grids." January 27, 2012. Retrieved January 27, 2012.
    8. http://www.cisco.com/cisco/web/solutions/small_business/products/security/index.html SME Products and services
    9. Web site: Cisco Home Products . 2011-02-27 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110213081842/http://home.cisco.com/en-us/home . February 13, 2011 . mdy-all .
    10. News: Catholic Online Statement about Flip Camera . CatholicOnline . March 13, 2011 .
    11. News: "World According to Jon" video about discontinuation . Jon Paula . March 12, 2011 .
    12. Web site: Cisco Pulls Another Flip. January 4, 2012. March 8, 2012.
    13. Web site: Tandberg product inquiry page . Tandberg.com . February 27, 2011.
    14. Web site: Cisco UCS B-Series Blade Servers. Cisco. November 7, 2017.
    15. Web site: Cisco UCS C-Series Rack Servers. Cisco. November 7, 2017.
    16. Web site: Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects and Fabric Extenders. Cisco. November 7, 2017.
    17. Web site: Cisco gives Flip video biz the boot . CNET . April 12, 2011 . August 21, 2011.
    18. Does anyone still use (real) DEC line printers? . January 12, 2011 . 23 December 2022 . comp.sys.dec . Alderson . Rich . Stanford (...later 'cisco Systems) MEIS (Massbus-Ethernet Interface Subsystem)....
    19. Web site: MEIS Register Definitions . . July 25, 1984 . bitsavers . Stanford University . December 22, 2022.
    20. TOPS-20 hardware trivia . 23 December 2022 . alt.sys.pdp10 . Alderson . Rich . Specifically by Len Bosack (high level) and George Schnurle (detail)..
    21. Book: Carter . Earl . Stiffler . Rick . December 28, 2001 . Cisco Secure IDS and the PostOffice Protocol . http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=24696&seqNum=5 . Intrusion Detection: Cisco IDS Overview . Cisco Press . August 4, 2012.
    22. Web site: Cisco Launches Hosted Collaboration Solution . UCStrategies.com . July 2, 2010 . October 19, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100709042049/http://www.ucstrategies.com/news-analysis/cisco-launches-hosted-collaboration-solution.aspx . July 9, 2010 . dead .
    23. Web site: Corporate Social Responsibility at Cisco. Cisco. December 31, 2020.
    24. Web site: Cisco Tactical Operations (TacOps). Cisco. July 26, 2016.
    25. Web site: Cisco Network Emergency Response Vehicle . YouTube . July 24, 2013.
    26. Web site: TACOPS — Emergency Response Vehicle Tour, learningatcisco on USTREAM. Conference . Ustream.tv . July 24, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140104204422/http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/34965637 . January 4, 2014 . mdy-all .
    27. http://blogs.cisco.com/csr/49-days-later-superstorm-sandy-relief-effort-is-still-running-on-cisco-technology/ 49 Days Later, Superstorm Sandy Relief Effort is Still Running on Cisco Technology
    28. http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/networking/cisco-nerv-the-ultimate-first-responder-vehicle/581 Cisco NERV: The ultimate first responder vehicle
    29. Web site: The DIRT on Why Cisco's Network Emergency Response Vehicle Sat Idle at Super Bowl 50. Cisco. December 31, 2020.
    30. Web site: Cisco TacOps . YouTube . June 28, 2011 . July 24, 2013.
    31. Web site: 2011 Innovative Preparedness - Cisco Tactical Operations. May 14, 2011. November 7, 2017. YouTube.

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